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Sheep Laws of Montana 

As Amended to Date. 



"An Act to foster, develop, protect, and. promote the Sheep Industry 
of the State of Montana, and to appoint a Board of Sheep Com- 
missioners and appoint Inspectors, and Deputy Inspectors, and to 
define their duties and powers, and the duties and powers of the 
State Veterinary Surgeon in connection therewith;" and to repeal 
an Act entitled, "An Act for the appointment of a Board of Sheep 
Commissioners, and to define their powers and duties," approved 
March 5, 1897, and Section 3030 to Section 3046, inclusive, of the 
Political Code covering the same subject." 

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana : 

Section 1. 

The Governor of the State of Montana is hereby directed and em- 
powered to appoint a Board of Sheep Commissioners, consisting of 
one member of each of the counties of the State, which appointment 
shall be made with the consent of the Senate, when in sssion. The 
members of said Board, before entering upon their duties, shall take 
the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution, which oath of 
office must be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. 

Section 2. 

Each member of said Board shall be an actual resident of the 
County for which he is chosen, and an owner of sheep within the 
State, or directly interested therein, and must, during his term of 
office, reside within such county. The members of said Board shall 
hold office for a term of two years, and until their successors are 
appointed and qualified, and in case of vacancy in said Board from 
death, resignation or otherwise, the Governor shall fill such vacancy 
by appointment. 

Section 3. 

The board must organize by electing one of its members "or 
some sheep owner of the State" as president, and one of its mem- 
bers as vice-president, and appointing a competent person as secre- 
tary, which secretary shall receive such compensation as may be 
allowed by said board. The members of the board shall receive 
actual expenses incurred by them in the performance of their du- 
ties, but shall receive no other compensation for their services, ex- 
cept as inspectors or deputy inspectors, or protecting the sheep in- 

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dustry as may be prescribed by the rules of the board. Five mem- 
bers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

It shall be the duty of the vice-president to act as president in the 
absence of the president from the state, or from a meeting. 

Section 4. 

The Board may divide the State into suitable Districts for inspec- 
tion purposes, and provide for and appoint Inspectors and Deputy 
Inspectors, when necessary. It shall be the duty of the Board to 
exercise a general supervision over the sheep industry of the State, 
and to do all acts that, in their judgment, will foster and develop 
said industry, and protect the same from theft and disease, and shall 
devise and recommend, from time to time, such legislation as. in 
their judgment, will foster and develop said industry. The Board 
may employ all proper and lawful means to procure the attendance 
of witnesses before it, and may employ attorneys to advise the Board 
and to assist in the prosecution of any person or persons guilty of 
any offense against any of the laws and interests of sheep owners, 
and the protection and fostering of the sheep industry. 

The Board shall have power to make rules and regulations for 
its own government, and for the guidance and direction of Sheep 
Inspectors, and may convene whenever necessary, provided that 
there shall be at least one meeting of said Board each year. 

The duties of the Secretary shall be such as may be prescribed 
by the Board 

Section 5. 

It is the duty of the Board to audit all bills for expenses incurred 
in the protection or fostering of the sheep industry, under the pro- 
visions of this Act, and if found correct, to certify the -same to the 
State Auditor, who shall present the same to the State Board of 
Examiners, and when approved by said Board, he shall draw a 
warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of the person or persons 
entitled to such compensation or reimbursement, in the sum so 
certified and approved, payable out of the "Sheep Inspection and 
Indemnity Fund." 

Section 6. 

The Board must make an annual report in writing, to the Gov- 
ernor, on or before the 20th day of December in each year. Such 
report must give a complete statement of the transactions of the 
Board during the year, and a summary of the reports of the Sheep 
Inspectors. 

Section 7. 

The Board of Sheep Commissioners, when in session, or when not 
in session, the resident of said Board must, upon request of any 
organized wool growers' associations in the state, or of any three 
sheep owners in any county, or upon request of the State Veterinary 

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APF 29 1908 



Surgeon, appoint a capable person as Sheep Inspector for such 
county, who shall hold his office during the pleasure of the Board, 
or when the Board is not in session at the pleasure of the State 
Veterinary Surgeon, and the President of the Board, and must per- 
form the duties hereinafter prescribed. 

The Sheep Commissioners of each County may recommend a suit- 
able person for Inspector. 

The Board of Sheep Commissioners, or when the Board is not in 
session, the President thereof, or the State Veterinary Surgeon, may 
when deemed necessary, appoint one or more special Inspectors, who 
shall make and file the same oath, perform the same duties, and have 
the same power and authority as Inspectors. 

The Sheep Commissioner of any county may be appointed In- 
spector, or Special Inspector, and when acting as such Inspector, or 
Special Inspector, shall be entitled to the same compensation as 
Inspector. 

Section 8. 

The Inspector need not be a resident of the county for which he 
is appointed. He must, before entering upon the duties of his office, 
take the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution, which oath of 
office shall be filed with the Secretary of State. The Board of 
Sheep Commissioners, or when the Board is not in session, the Presi- 
dent of said Board, or the State Veterinary Surgeon, may re- 
quest an Inspector of one county to go to another county and per- 
form the duties of Inspector therein, or to assist the Inspector of such 
county, and when appointed to assist an Inspector, the Inspector of 
that county shall have general supervision and control over the 
work to be performed. 

Section 9. 

The Board of Sheep Commissioners, and when the Board is not 
in session, the President of said Board, or the State Veterinary Sur- 
geon, may employ persons to take charge of all diseased sheep when 
in quarantine or otherwise, upon refusal of owners to take proper 
care and to assist the Sheep Inspector, and the person so employed 
shall be under the supervision and control of the Sheep Commis- 
sioner and Inspector of that county. 

Section 10. 

The Inspector must inspect all sheep within his county, which 
he may have received notice or information are affected with, or 
have been exposed to any infectious or contagious disease, and in 
case he finds the same are not so diseased, or exposed, he must make 
and issue a certificate, stating such facts; but if the sheep are af- 
fected with or have been exposed to any infectious or contagious 
disease, they must be quarantined, and the regulations for their 
quarantine holding and keeping must be at once made by such In- 
spector, each Inspector so appointed must personally supervise the 

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dipping of, or otherwise treating of all scabby or diseased sheep 
within his county, and appoint the date for each and every dipping. 
He has the right with the advice and consent of the State Veterinary 
Surgeon, to determine and superintend the preparation and mix- 
ture of material used in dipping the sheep, and must cause all sheep 
so quarantined to be distinctly marked with a red letter "S" on the 
right side. 

In the discharge of his duties, the Inspector shall, so far as prac- 
ticable, comply with the instruction, rules and regulations prescribed 
by the State Veterinary Surgeon, and the Board of Sheep Commis- 
sioners. All sheep dipped shall be held in quarantine at least ninety 
days after the last dipping, or until released therefrom by the In- 
spector upon the order of the State Veterinary Surgeon. 

Section 11. 

Upon receipt of information of any of the facts mentioned in the 
preceding section, or that any sheep within his county are affected 
with or have been exposed to any infectious or contagious disease, 
the Inspector must immediately cause such sheep, and all sheep 
running in the same flock, or upon the same or contiguous range 
with them, to be examined, and if found so diseased or exposed to 
disease, to be quarantined and held with a certain limit or place, to 
be designated by him, and sucn sheep must be held in quarantine 
until the owner or person in charge, or the Inspector has eradicated 
such scab or other infectious disease, and the Inspector issues a cer- 
tificate stating such facts and releasing such sheep from quarantine. 

"When sheep infected with, or which have been exposed to, any 
infectious or contagious disease, have been kept in any building 
or corral, the Inspector must inspect and quarantine such premises, 
and prohibit any sheep being placed therein until such premises 
have been cleaned and thoroughly disinfected, which must be at- 
tended to within ten days from date of quarantine. 

Section 12. 
In all cases of scab, or other infectious or contagious disease 
among sheep in this state, the state veterinary surgeon, deputy state 
veterinary surgeon, or inspector, has auhority [authority?] to order 
a quarantine of the infected premises and diseased animals, or ani- 
mals exposed to such disease, and to define the limits within which 
such sheep must be kept, and to prohibit any other animals from 
being driven into or across, or kept within such quarantine limits : 
Provided, that in all cases sheep shipped into this State must be 
quarantined separately, and in no case shall foreign sheep be mixed 
or quarantined on the same area with native sheep, and all native 
sheep must be quarantined within the limits of their accustomed 
ranges and in case such disease becomes enzootic or epizootic in any 
locality in this state, the president of the board of sheep commis- 



sioners, or the state veterinary surgeon, or the inspector must im- 
mediately notify the governor of the state, who must, thereupon 
issue his proclamation, forbidding any sheep to be transferred from 
such locality without a certificate from the state veterinary surgeon 
or inspector, showing such sheep to be free from any infectious or 
contagious disease, and forbidding all persons from driving any 
other sheep into or across such locality, or keeping or herding them 
therein. 

Any sheep going, or being driven into or across such prohibited 
locality or quarantine premises, shall be deemed exposed to such 
infectious or contagious disease, and may be declared and detained 
in quarantine, and if deemed necessary by the state veterinary sur- 
geon or inspector may be dipped. 

Section 13. 

Whenever the Governor has reason to believe that any of the dis- 
eases mentioned in this Article or any infectious or contagious dis- 
ease has become enzootic or epizootic in certain localities in any 
other state or territory, or that conditions exist that render sheep 
likely to convey disease, he must thereupon by proclamation desig- 
nate such localities, and prohibit the importation from them of any 
sheep into this State, excep't under such restrictions as he, after con- 
sultation with the President of the Board of Sheep Commissioners 
or State Veterinary Surgeon, may deem proper. Any person, who, 
after publication of such proclamation, knowingly receives in charge 
any such sheep from any of the prohibited districts, or transports or 
conveys the same to and within the limits of any of the counties of 
this State, is punishable, as hereinafter provided, and is liable for 
all damages which may be sustained by any person by reason of 
the importation, transportation, or reception of such prohibited 
sheep. 

Section 14. 

Upon the issuing of a proclamation by the Governor, imposing 
restrictions upon the importation of sheep from any other country, 
state or territory, the owner or person in charge of sheep being 
shipped or driven into the State of Montana from any country, 
state or territory against which quarantine has been declared, must 
forthwith notify, by telegraphic dispatch, the State Veterinary Sur- 
geon at Helena, Montana, stating from what country, state or terri- 
tory said sheep are being shipped or driven, the number thereof, and 
where they will first arrive in this state or be unloaded. 

Section 15. 
Whenever the state veterinary surgeon receives the notice men- 
tioned in the preceding section, or obtains knowledge that any sheep 
have been, or are about to be shipped or driven from any state or 
territory to this state, he shall immediately notify the inspector of 



the county into which such sheep shall first come or be unloaded; 
and it shaJl be the duty of the said inspector to inspect said sheep 
immediately upon their arrival within his county, and make such 
order, and take such action with reference thereto as he may deem 
necessary, as provided in Section 18 of this act. 

Whenever any inspector receives notice or information that any 
sheep have been, or are about to be shipped or driven into this 
state from any state or territory, it shall be his duty to at once notify 
the state veterinary surgeon. 

"When any sheep are delivered to any railroad or transportation 
company, for shipment to this state, as the point of destination, it 
shall be the duty of such railroad company to notify the state vet- 
erinary surgeon, by telegraph, the date of said shipment, the name 
of the place from which they are shipped, the point of destination, 
the name of the consignor and the consignee, and the probable date 
of the -arrival of said sheep at the state line of Montana ; and when 
any sheep are billed to be shipped through the state, and afterwards 
the point of destination is changed to some place within this state, 
it shall be the duty of the railroad or transportation company, upon 
receiving a request to change the point of destination, to notify the 
state veterinary surgeon, by telegraph, giving the name of the con- 
signor and consignee, and the point of destination to which the ship- 
ment is changed. 

Section 16. 

The expenses of inspecting, feeding", holding, dipping, treating, 
marking, and taking care of all sheep inspected, quarantined, 
dipped, or otherwise treated under the provisions of this act, includ- 
ing the fees and expenses of the inspector, on account of services 
rendered in connection with the same, must be paid by the owner, 
agent or person in charge of such sheep, and such charge shall be 
a lien upon such sheep for such charges and expenses, which lien 
shall be prior and paramount to any and all other liens, demands, or 
other claims against such sheep, and the inspector may retain pos- 
session of such sheep until such charges and expenses are paid ; but 
such lien shall not be dependent upon possession, and such lien may 
be foreclosed in the name of the inspector, by a sale of the sheep, 
or as many thereof as may be necessary to pay the same and costs 
of sale at public auction, on ten days' notice, given by posting 
notices thereof in three public places in said county, or such lien 
may be foreclosed by an action in any court of competent jurisdic- 
tion, or an action may, without foreclosing such lien, be maintained 
in any court of competent jurisdiction against the owners of such 
sheep to recover the amount of such charges and expenses; pro- 
vided, however, that for inspecting and dipping sheep which have 
been within this state six months immediately preceding such in- 
spection, the fees and expenses of the inspector for inspecting and 

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superintending the dipping of such sheep, and all other fees, and 
expenses of such inspector, connected with such inspection and dip- 
ping of said sheep, shall be paid out of the sheep inspection and in- 
demnity fund. 

Section 17. 

It shall be the duty of the railroad or transportation company to 
notify the State Veterinarian of proposed shipments and their desti- 
nation, as soon as said railroad or transportation company is noti- 
fied by the shipper. 

In no case must am^ sheep affected with, or that have been ex- 
posed to any infectious or contagious disease, be removed, or al- 
lowed to be removed, from one point to another, within any county, 
or from one county to another in this state, without a written certifi- 
cate from the state veterinary surgeon, or an inspector. It shall be 
unlawful for any railroad company or transportation company to 
ship sheep from one place to another, within this state, in cars in 
which other sheep have been shipped, until such cars have been 
cleaned and carefully disinfected, under the direction of the state 
veterinary surgeon, or an inspector, who shall give a certificate of 
such inspection, which shall accompany the shipment. 

It shall be the duty of every railroad or transportation company, 
before cleaning or disinfecting any such car or cars, to give notice 
to the state veterinaiy surgeon, at Helena, Montana, at least five 
days before the cars are to be so cleaned and disinfected; and it 
shall be the duty of the state veterinary surgeon, upon such notice 
being given, to inspect, or cause to be inspected by an inspector, on 
or before such date, such car or cars, so cleaned and disinfected, and 
to give the proper certificate therefor. 

It shall be the duty of every railroad or transportation company 
in this state to keep all yards, corrals, sheds or buildings in this 
state, used by such company for holding or feeding sheep in transit, 
and all cars used for shipping sheep, clean and free from infection 
from scab, or other infectious or contagious disease ; and it shall 
be the duty of the state veterinary surgeon and inspector to inspect 
such yards, corrals, sheds, buildings and cars, when deemed neces- 
sary, and if the same are infected or exposed to infection from any 
infectious or contagious disease, to at once notify such company 
of such fact, and declare such premises and cars in quarantine, and 
forbid any animals from being placed or kept therein, until tjie 
said premises, and cars are disinfected ; and it shall be the duty of 
the said company to cause said premises and cars to be thoroughly 
cleaned and disinfected, under the supervision of the state vet- 
erinary surgeon, and if he fails to do so within five days after such 
notice, the state veterinary surgeon or an inspector shall cause said 
premises and cars to be disinfected. 

The state veterinary surgeon and the inspector shall have an- 



thority to enter into all such cars, yards, corrals, sheds or buildings, 
for the purpose of inspecting or disinfecting the same. 

The fees and expenses of the state veterinary surgeon and the in- 
spector, and all expenses incurred in inspecting and disinfecting 
such premises and cars, shall be a charge against such railroad or 
transportation company, and may be recovered in a civil action 
in any court of competent jurisdiction. 

The notice above mentioned may be served. upon the agent or 
other officer in charge of the station, at which such yards, corrals, 
sheds, buildings, or cars are situated. 

Section 18. 

Within five days previous to the arrival of any sheep into this 
state, from any other state or territory, the owner or agent in charge 
of such sheep must report by telegraphic dispatch, to the State 
Veterinary Surgeon, at Helena, Montana, stating from what country, 
state or territory such sheep are shipped or being driven from, the 
number thereof, and the place where they will first enter the state, 
and where it is intended to unload them, or, such notice may be 
given by registered mail, if mailed in time, so that in the ordinary 
course of mails it will reach the State Veterinary Surgeon's office 
five days before such sheep would reach the state, and the State 
Veterinary Surgeon shall, immediately on receipt of such notice, 
notify the Inspector of the county in which the sheep shall first 
come to be unloaded, and it shall be the duty of such Inspector 
to immediately inspect the same, and to make such order or orders 
for their quarantine, treatment and dipping as he may deem neces 
sary. 

Section 19. 

Any sheep that are shipped or driven into this state; with the in- 
tention on the part of the owner of holding them ivithin the state 
longer than is necessary to feed them in transit, which feeding must 
be done in the railroad stockyards, corrals, or buildings, must be 
at once quarantined and dipped under the supervision of the state 
veterinary surgeon or inspector, at the point of entry or unloading. 
or as near such point as may be deemed safe by the state veterinary 
surgeon or inspector in charge, without danger of scattering infec- 
tion, and when so dipped, shall be branded with a red letter "S" 
on the right side. 

After said sheep are so dipped and branded, they may be moved 
to the ranch or range where it is the intention of the owner to keep 
them, providing they can be moved to such ranch or range within 
ten days, when they must be dipped a second time ; and when such 
sheep have been shipped or driven from any territory or locality in 
any other state or territory that is declared by the chief of the 
United States Bureau of Animal Industry to be free from scab or 
other contagious or infectious disease, and are accompanied by a 



certificate from the Federal Inspector, acting under the authority 
of the chief of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, setting; 
forth that such sheep have been shipped or driven from a locality 
or territory free from scab or other contagious or infectious disease, 
and that such sheep were free from scab or other contagious or in- 
fectious disease at the time they were shipped or driven from such 
locality, the state veterinary surgeon may, in his discretion, release 
said sheep from quarantine after the second dipping, provided, how- 
ever, that all rams so imported must be dipped and treated as 
herein provided, and shall under no circumstances be released from 
quarantine within less than ninety days after the last dipping; and 
should said rams be allowed to run with other sheep before the ex- 
piration of ninety days, said sheep must be quarantined for a period 
which would complete the ninety days quarantine on the rams ; and 
that all sheep shipped or driven from any territory or locality of 
any state or territory not certified by the chief of the United States 
Bureau of Animal Industry to be free from scab, or other infectious 
or contagious disease, must be detained in quarantine for a period 
of not less than ninety days after the last dipping, and shall be re- 
leased only upon the order of the state veterinary surgeon. 

Section 20. 
The Inspector in each county shall receive for his services while 
necessarily employed in the discharge of his duties, not exceeding 
Eight ($8.00) Dollars per day, which includes all necessary travel- 
ing and other expenses incurred in going to and returning from the 
place where such inspection is had, or other services performed. 

Section 21. 

The State Veterinary Surgeon or Deputy State Veterinary Sur- 
geon shall have authority concurrent with the Inspector to inspect 
and quarantine sheep and do any and all other acts, and make any 
and all orders that the Inspector or Sheep Commissioner is by this 
act authorized to do or make, and shall have authority to supervise 
and direct the action of the Inspectors in the discharge of their 
duties. And the State Veterinary Surgeon shall have authority to 
prescribe how sheep shall be dipped or otherwise treated, the kind 
of dip, which may be any one recognized by the United States Bu- 
reau of Animal Industry, and to make rules and regulations for the 
instruction and guidance of the Inspectors in the discharge of their 
duties. 

Section 22. 

Whenever any Inspector files in the office of the State Auditor 
any bill with proper reports and vouchers, duly approved by the 
President of the Board of Sheep Commissioners, setting forth : 

1. The name in full of such Inspector. 

2. The kind and nature of the services rendered. 

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3. The particular locality where the work was done. 

4. The time when, and the length of time employed. 

5. The number of sheep inspected and the name of the owner or 
person in charge. 

6. The disease or diseases treated, the number treated for such 
disease, and the length of time of such treatment, and the result. 

7. The amount claimed, and the value of the services. 

8. The amount of expenses necessarily incurred. 

9. A statement and account of all money received by him from 
any owner of sheep on account of services performed under this 
Act, including any sums realized on account of any lien therefor. 

10. The State Auditor must, when such bill is approved by the 
State Board of Examiners, draw a warrant in favor of such In- 
spector, payable out of any moneys in the " Sheep Inspection and In- 
demnity Fund." 

Section 23. 

Every Inspector appointed under the provision of this Article, 
must keep a book account to be known as the "Inspection Record," 
in which he must enter and record all his official acts and proceed- 
ings. Such record must particularly show the name of the owner 
of every flock of sheep inspected, when the same was inspected and 
the number in each flock, the result of such inspection, whether the 
same were quarantined, the limits of the quarantine, when released 
therefrom, the names of the prsons to whom certificates have been 
granted, and when, and all orders and directions made in relation 
to any matters herein designated. 

He shall notify the Secretary of the Board of Sheep Commission- 
ers when any sheep are brought into his county from any other state 
or territory, when any sheep are inspected by him and found to be 
diseased, with the name of the owner, the number thereof, and where 
located, when any sheep are quarantined by him, the limits of the 
quarantine, and when such sheep are released therefrom, and furnish 
such other information as the Secretary of the Board of Sheep Com- 
missioners may, from time to time, require. 

Upon the termination of his term of office, he shall deliver such 
record to the Secretary of the Board of Sheep Commissioners. 

Section 24. 
Any person who brings, or causes to be brought into this state any 
sheep infected with scab or other infectious or contagious disease, or 
who shall violate, or in any manner fail to comply with any order 
made by the state veterinary surgeon, deputy state veterinary sur- 
geon or inspector, or any proclamation issued by the Governor, 
under the provisions of this act, or who violates or disregards any 
of the provisions of this act, or who shall in any manner hinder, ob- 
struct or resist the state veterinary surgeon, or deputy state vet- 

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urinary surgeon, or any inspector, in the discharge of his, or their 
duties, or shall break any quarantine, or wilfully or negligently per- 
mit any sheep to escape from such quarantine, or shall drive into or 
across, or permit any sheep to be placed within the limits of any 
quarantined premises, or any locality prohibited or quarantined 
under the proclamation of the governor, shall be deemed guilty of 
a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by 
imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding one year, or by a 
fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars, or by both such fine and 
imprisonment, and shall be liable for all damages which may be 
sustained by any person, by reason of such act or acts, which 
damages may be recovered by such person in a civil action in any 
court of competent jurisdiction. 

Section 25. 

Every Inspector must, on or before the 30th day of November of 
each year, make a report in writing to the Secretary of the Board 
of Sheep Commissioners, showing from his inspection record par- 
ticularly the matters therein contained since his last report, which 
report shall be in triplicate, and one shall be filed in the office of the 
Secretary of said Board, and one transmitted to the State Veterinary 
Surgeon, and the said State Veterinary Surgeon must embody the 
information thus given in his report to the Governor. If such re- 
port is not made in triplicate by the Inspector, the Secretary of the 
Board shall make and certify a copy thereof, and transmit the same 
to the State Veterinary Surgeon. 

Section 26. 

The Board of Sheep Commissioners, or the President of said Board 
when the Board is not in session, shall have authority, upon recom- 
mendation of the State Veterinary Surgeon, to employ one or more 
specialists to investigate any subject relating to fostering^ promot- 
ing and protecting the sheep industry of the State, and cause to be 
performed any act or thing, which, in their (or his) judgment, is 
necessary, or would tend to foster, promote and protect the sheep 
industry. Such specialist or specialists may be employed 'by the 
day, week, month or year, and shall be under the direction and 
control of the Board of Sheep Commissioners, or when the Board 
is not. in session, the President of said Board. The expense of such 
specialists shall not exceed Five ($5.00) Dollars per day each, to- 
gether with actual expenses for transportation. 

Section 27. 

That the sum of Nineteen Thousand Dollars, or so much thereof 
as may be necessary be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of 
any money in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriate^, to de- 
fray the expenses incurred under the provisions of this Act, which 
moneys shall be known as the " Sheep Inspection and Indemnity 
Fund." 

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Section 28. 

The Sheep Commissioners appointed under the provisions of Sen- 
ate Bill No. 100, approved March 5th, 1897, shall continue in office 
for the term provided in said Act ; but hereafter shall be governed 
and controlled by the provisions of this Act. 

Section 29. 

That an Act entitled, "An Act for the appointment of a Board of 
Sheep Commissioners and to Define their Powers and Duties." ap- 
proved March 5th, 1897, and Section 3030 to Section 3046. inclusive, 
of the Political Code, and all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent 
with this. Act are hereby repealed. 

Section 32. 

No person or persons shall conduct what is known as a pub- 
lic buck herd in this state without first receiving from the state 
veterinary surgeon a permit to do so. Such permit must be 
in writing, and signed by the state veterinary surgeon. "Which 
said permit must be issued by the Veterinarian upon receipt. from 
such person or persons of an application in writing for the same." 
All persons receiving a permit to conduct such herds shall, on or be- 
fore the 15th day of July in each year, report to the state veterinary 
surgeon the number of bucks in said herd, the owners thereof, and 
the number owned by each, and where the said herd is kept, and 
any subsequent additions made to said herd must be reported to the 
state veterinary surgeon as soon as made. 

It shall be the duty of the state veterinary surgeon to cause all 
such buck herds to be inspected during the month of October in each 
year, and if he finds such herds to be free from scab, or other in- 
fectious or contagious disease, he shall issue a certificate stating 
such fact, which certificate shall have indorsed thereon the number 
of bucks in said herd, and the names of the respective owners. 
After the issuing of such certificate, any of such animals may be re- 
moved from said herd. The keeper of such herds shall not permit 
any animals to be removed from said herd, and no person shall re- 
move any animals therefrom until such inspection and the issuing 
of such certificate. When any animals are so removed, the keeper 
of snch herd shall give to the owners or persons removing the same 
a copy of the certificate of the state veterinary surgeon, and such 
owners or persons must, on demand of any sheep owner in this 
state, exhibit such certificate. 

A public buck herd, within the meaning of this act, shall be one 
consisting of bucks owned by two or more persons not partners. 

All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby 
repealed. 

This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its 
passage and approval. 

Approved March 8, 1907. _ ^Q 

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